Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File B. L. Wt. 62-450, Samuel Edmiston, Continental

SERVICE
NUMBER
continental
Edmiston, Samuel
B.L. # 62-450
Edmonson or
Edmiston or
CONTENTS

I know all men by these presents that I Samuel Edmiston of the Township of London Derry in the County of Chester and State of Pennsylvania late a surgeon in the Continental Army do hereby nominate constitute and appoint and by these presents Do put and depute my trusty friend the Reverend David Wiley of Georgetown in the district of Columbia my true and lawful Attorney for me and in my name to ask for demand and receive of and from the proper Officer of the United States a warrant for my land due me by the said United State for my services in the said Continental Army Ratifying and confirming whatsoever my said Attorney shall lawfully do in and about the premises in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this twentyeth day of August in the year one thousand eight hundred and three
Sealed and delivered in the presents of { Jas. Pinkerton
Samuel Edmiston
Sarah Smith
Chester County
Before me the subscriber one the justices of the peace for said County of Chester and in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania came the above named Doctor Samuel Edmiston and acknowledged the above written Power of Attorney to be his act and deed witness my hand and seal this twentyeth day of August Anno Dom n eighteen hundred and three
John Smith

Rev. & 1812 Wars Section AWF/eel
January 3, 1929
Mrs. W. Hanes Lancaster 1902 Vine Street Chattanooga, Tennessee
Madam:
I advise you from the records of this bureau it appears that Samuel Edmiston or Edmenson or Edminton was appointed, November 1, 1777, Second Surgeon of the General Hospital of the Middle Department, was promoted, September 20, 1781, to Hospital Physician and Surgeon and served to the close of the Revolution.
He was allowed four hundred and fifty acres of bounty land on Warrant No. 61 on his application executed August 20, 1803, at which time he was living in Londonderry Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania.
His age is not stated nor is it shown where he was living at the time he entered the service and there are no data as to his family.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner.

To Mr. Samuel D. Easton.
By Virtue of the trust reposed in us for that purpose - We hereby appoint you a Second Surgeon of the General Hospital of the Middle Department in the Service of the United States according to the provisions of Congress for the Establishment and Management of Military Hospitals Passed April 10 th 1877
Bethlehem Nov. 1. 1877
W. B. Dyer Physician B. B. Smith Surgeon General

Sam Edmiston
EDMISTON, SAMUEL (CONT.) BLWT. 62-450

By
The United States in Congress assembled.
September 20 th 1781
On recommendation of the Director ap- pointed by the board of war - received,
That Doctor Joseph Young removed from Surgeon and Deputy Surgeon with Mils, Daniel Lewis, Samuel Edmerson and George in their respective surgeons mates, promoted to the rank of Hospital Physicians and surgeons to fill the vacancies occasioned by the resigna- tions of Doctors Bloomfield, Scott, Hagan
and

and Jackson read the petition of the Ruler.
Extract from his minutes.
Chatham July

order Edmundson
EDMISTON, SAMUEL (CONT.) BLWT. 62-450

1902 Vine St. Chattanooga, Tenn. Mar. 9, 1928.
Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D. C.
My dear Sir,
Can you give me any additional information concerning the Samuel Edmondson mentioned in this record. So far, I haven't been able to find from what county he entered service. I hope he received a pension and his wife was mentioned. "1775-1783 Heitman's Historical Register of Officers of the Continental Army." pp. 212. (Edmondson & Edmundson)
As follows: "Samuel Edmundson (Va.) Hospital surgeon's mate, June 1777 to June 20, 1780; Hospital Physician - and surgeon - 20th Sept. 1781, and served to the close of war." (Name appears as Edmiston, Edmondson & Edmundson.)
Thanking you very much,
I am,
Yours very truly,
Mrs. W. Hare Lancaster

Fraggs Manor 1802 Nov r 19
Sir
Doctor Shippen, upon more mature recollection, has given a Certificate with certainty. I hope every difficulty is removed. When agreeable to order a plan of Issuing Warrants is come. I will thank you to send me the Warrant or a few lines of encouragement & Directions; Please to excuse the request, if an imposition or contrary to the usual custom. The Lungeons Grotta of Lands, £150 Acres if I remembered right. The inclosed is D r W m . Shippen's Certificate
I am yours in Obedience & Resp t
I am? Edmiston Mr - Dear Sir. Secretary

Washington Mr - Dearborn 8/9 N Secretary War Department Washington City -

Thoggs Manor Nov. 19. 1802
Sam. Edmiston
In relation to a land rent.
Issued Oct 52
Nov. 29. Nov. 1802

Philadelphia Nov. 17. 1802
I do certify that Br Samuel Edmiston served in the military Hospitals of the united States to the end of the War.
W. Shippen late Director of M.H.

Sir: Through Misinformation, Ignorance & too much attention to my own interest; I have been dilatory in applying for the Do- nation Lands to which I am entitled as Surgeon of the general Hospital during the revolutionary war. — I hereby make application and lay in my claim for the Donation land, to which I am entitled as Surgeon of the general Hospital of the United States; and pray a Warrant be issued, or if at present impracticable, that this Application and Claim be re- corded & filed, as a Testimony or Voucher of my timely application.

The Hon ble Joseph Hemphill is empowered to transact my business Charles County                      Samuel Edmiston Nov r 28 1801

Lieut. Edmiston Surgeon Genl Hospital
The Hon. Mr.
Secretary of War
1861